Probleme und Tendenzen in der Gnosis-Forschung im Zeitraum 2001–2021

This report is about the study in Gnosticism. The report discusses the books on the subject of »Gnosticism« that were published in the period 2001–2021. The report shows what questions have been important in Gnosticism research during this period, what are the new problems that have emerged, and what new solutions the scholars have offered to the old questions.

BARBARA ALAND, Was ist Gnosis? Studien zum frühen Christentum, zu Marcion und zur kaiserzeitlichen Philosophie (Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 239). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2009, XV + 434 S. – DAVID BRAKKE, The Gnostics. Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press 2012, XII + 164 S. – JOHANNA BRANKAER, Das Evangelium nach Maria und Das Evangelium des Judas. Gnostische Blicke auf Jesus und seine Jünger (Kleine Bibliothek der antiken jüdischen und christlichen Literatur). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2017, 61 S. – DYLAN M. BURNS, Apocalypse of the Alien God. Platonism and The Exile of Sethian Gnosticism (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion). Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press 2014, XVII + 321 S. – CARSTEN COLPE, Einleitung in die Schriften aus Nag Hammadi ( Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 16). Münster: Aschendorff 2011, 368 S. – STEVAN DAVIES, The Secret Book of John. The Gnosti